“It wasn’t raining when Noah built the ark”That’s the quote that opens Mike Bush’s review into the immediate response to the floods in Auckland in late January. Nonetheless, Bush’s review debunks any suggestion that visible leadership and frequent public communications during a time of crisis are somehow optional. The Herald’s Simon Wilson summarises (paywalled) one of the key questions at the heart of Bush’s report. Bush’s report makes 17 recommendations and Brown has accepted all of them. No one from the office of minister for emergency response was interviewed as part of Bush’s review.
